Meeting Old Friends

Tonight I went to Richmond with my parents. We were going to get something to eat and then do a little shopping; I've got a 30% off coupon for Kohls! We decided to eat at O'Charley's and when we arrived it was a little busy, we sent Mom in to check the wait and she came back to tell us 25 minutes. Meanwhile, she had run into some old friends, a former minister (and his wife, son, and granddaughter) from our church. Although the wait was 25 minutes, we decided to eat there so we could chat with them a little while. As it turned out, they got seated shortly after we got there, but less than 5 minutes later, they came back outside to tell us to come join them. They had managed to get the staff to seat them at a bigger table so that we could join them.

We had a great evening; their granddaughter had donuts for dessert, Aubrey also got to have one. They served them with icing, but Aubrey decided that she wanted to try hers with the left over sour cream from my baked potato - gross, right? Aubrey didn't think so - she loves sour cream :)

By the time we left the restaurant, one of the stores we had planned to go to was closed, the other we made it to about 10 minutes before closing (we didn't find what we were looking for), and the third we gave up on until Sunday. We really enjoyed our time with friends though, so it was all worth it.

I'm in a cleaning mood, so I plan on cleaning out and organizing the kitchen and maybe sifting through some of the books in our living room tomorrow; that's between loads of laundry and whatever else Aubrey has in mind for us.

Better get to bed so that I'm well rested when she decides to wake up!

-A